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  • Country ranking ?

    1 037
  • Producer ranking ?

    6
  • Decanting time

    2h
  • When to drink

    now to 2040
  • Food Pairing

    Roasted Beets with Goat Cheese

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Parker 99 points: When drunk with Henri Bonneau at his home, this wine was so remarkably young as to defy belief. A clone of the 1989-1990 blend, this structured, tannic, profoundly concentrated wine represents the essence of Chateauneuf du Pape. The huge nose of smoked herbs, olives, beef blood, and black fruits is intense. The enormous concentration, freshness, and superb balance are hallmarks of this classically profound vintage for Chateauneuf du Pape. The wine reveals amazing extract and intensity, as well as a striking youthfulness. Still young, yet complete and complex, the 1978 should prove to be uncommonly long-lived, even by Henri Bonneau's standards. Anticipated maturity: now-2020. Last tasted 6/94. 

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The Story

The massive and powerful Réserve des Celestins is generally sourced from Bonneau's vines in La Crau, whose boulder-strewn plateau produces Châteauneuf's ripest fruit. Cuvée Marie Beurrier, Bonneau's more elegant wine, usually comes from clay, limestone and sandy soils.

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Wine Information

Henri Bonneau (born 1938) is 12th generation of wine growers. He made his first vintage in 1956.
His domain covers only 6 ha., mainly planted with Grenache that normally counts for more than 90% of the blend and added with small amounts of Mourvedre, Counoise and Vaccarèse.

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Tasting note

ending

Long, Extensive and Lingering

flavors

Blackberry, Blackcurrant, Pepper, Smoky, Tobacco and Truffles

nose

Wide, Complex, Seductive and Generous

recommend

Yes

taste

Warming, Balanced, Concentrated, Well-structured, Developing, Full-bodied, Focused, Elegant and Fresh

Verdict

Intelligent and Outstanding

Written Notes

We marched onwards with a Bloody Mary of a wine that had tobasco and Worcestershire aromas. It had that edge of maturity like the 1935 DRC, but it would end up being much younger. While clean and polished, the 1978 Bonneau Chateauneuf du Pape Reserve des Celestins didn’t deliver much pizazz. I have never been impressed with this vintage of this wine; I think Henri must have just missed this one, as Bonneau can make superstar wines. But in this superstar vintage, that was not the case (92).
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Origin

Rhone, Châteauneuf du Pape

Vintage Quality

Outstanding

Value For Money

Very good

Investment potential

Good

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None
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